HC Deb 18 July 1984 vol 64 cc218-9W
Mr. Maclean

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will list the courses currently on offer from the Open University and the number of students studying each one.

Mr. Brooke

The information provided by the Open University is too long for insertion in theOfficial Report. I shall write to my hon. Friend.

Mr. Wheeler

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what has been the grant-in-aid paid by his Department to the Open University in each year since its inception.

Mr. Brooke

I refer my hon. Friend to the answer I gave on 4 June, at columns67–68, to my hon. Friend the Member for Macclesfield (Mr. Winterton).

Mr. Coombs

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether his Department has yet received a substantive answer from the Open University to the criticisms expressed on course D102.

Sir Keith Joseph

The vice-chancellor of the Open University replied substantively on 2 July 1984, and a copy of his reply has been placed in the Library.